Mr. President, ignore the bullies

President Obama doesn’t seem to understand that the best way to deal with media extremists is to ignore them.

If FOX News and Rush Limbaugh determined elections, Barack Obama still would be a senator. But since taking office, Mr. Obama has gone after the right-wing talkers on FOX and Mr. Limbaugh. With media and physics, each reaction provokes and equal and opposite reaction. The White House thus legitimizes the people it wants to de-legitimize.

It also makes Mr. Obama look small. He’s got the economy, health care, Afghanistan and other issues to worry about. If he does well, it won’t matter what the right-wing talkers say. They’re just out for ratings. He’s supposedly out for the country. At this point, he comes off as getting ready to blame the for his own failings.

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